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The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Epidemic - Lessons from the 'Spanish Flu' for the Coronavirus's Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity
Barro, Robert J. - 2020
.0 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839262
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The international economics of natural resources and growth
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2007
around the world, pondering the question whether an abundance of natural resources is a blessing or a curse. Second, an … article discusses the experience of Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter. To date, Norway has appeared to be mostly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264127
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International investment positions and exchange rate dynamics: a dynamic panel analysis
Binder, Michael; Offermanns, Christian J. - 2007
In this paper we revisit medium- to long-run exchange rate determination, focusing on the role of international investment positions. To do so, we develop a new econometric framework accounting for conditional long-run homogeneity in heterogeneous dynamic panel data models. In particular, in our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264207
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Determinants of human development: Capturing the role of institutions
Binder, Michael; Georgiadis, Georgios - 2011
In this paper, we study development in a panel of 87 countries from 1970 to 2005. We focus on characterizing institutionally driven heterogeneities in the development effects of macroeconomic policies and on comparing the development process as measured by GDP to that measured by the Human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274921
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On the conditional effects of IMF program participation on output growth
Binder, Michael; Bluhm, Marcel - 2010
The empirical evidence currently available in the literature regarding the effects of a country's IMF program participation on its output growth is rather mixed. To shed new evidence on this issue, in this paper we specify a state-dependent panel data model accounting in particular for program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274938
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Natural resource endowment: A mixed blessing?
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2011
that arise along the way. Special attention is given to Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter, and the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274997